this is WAY off topic but..

iCollins · 07-06-2006, 08:00 AM

Have you ever noticed that Link is left handed? I mean im not saying its weird but i wonder why they did that?

i noticed in diety_link's sig there is a picture of link pulling a bow string back with is left hand!

phimuajedi69 · 07-06-2006, 12:43 PM

thats funny, isn't his sword always in his right hand? excluding the new promo art anyway, maybe the new link is left handed

nintendowiigaming.piczo · 07-06-2006, 01:41 PM

no no link is left handed i have always wondered how to play Zelda for right handed guys. u can c on the picture i'm left handed so no danger 4 me

Napalmbrain · 07-06-2006, 02:10 PM

He is indeed left-handed. I think it's because Shigeru Miyamoto is left-handed.

motherbrainrulez · 07-06-2006, 06:22 PM

wow nice detective work

Darkprinny · 07-06-2006, 06:28 PM

and the wii can be use in both hands
the first console with left handed option (forget them damn lefty controllers)(and that master system joystick)

registerednerd · 07-06-2006, 07:00 PM

I wonder on the Wii if you make the controls right handed if it'll change hands...

Arcadium · 07-06-2006, 07:20 PM

Wii is made for right handed and left handed, and yes, link is left-handed

iCollins · 07-06-2006, 07:24 PM

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Originally Posted by motherbrainrulez

wow nice detective work

me and my best friend (she is left handed) have always known this ever since OoT but i guess we were more attentive; being hyped up on caffine all the time

Fierce Deity · 07-09-2006, 07:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Napalmbrain

He is indeed left-handed. I think it's because Shigeru Miyamoto is left-handed.

yeah thats right i was on wikipedia and i read this:

Shigeru Miyamoto is ambidextrous, preferring his left hand. As a videogame designer, he made some of his characters such as Mario and Link, left-handed or ambidextrous.

Dav_4550 · 07-09-2006, 07:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Fierce Deity

yeah thats right i was on wikipedia and i read this:

Shigeru Miyamoto is ambidextrous, preferring his left hand. As a videogame designer, he made some of his characters such as Mario and Link, left-handed or ambidextrous.

That's cool, this world needs more left handed support. Two of my good friends (and myself as well) are left handed. I will use the wiimote and become Link, by channeling our left handed power.

That's the most retarded thing I've ever said.

Fierce Deity · 07-09-2006, 09:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Dav_4550

That's cool, this world needs more left handed support. Two of my good friends (and myself as well) are left handed. I will use the wiimote and become Link, by channeling our left handed power.

That's the most retarded thing I've ever said.

hah that was pretty retarded

lol

but i also read that link in dutch and germen means left.. hmm?

Octogon · 07-09-2006, 09:31 PM

Aren't most swordsmen left-handed as well?

But it's cool how left-handers can use the wii just as roght-handers would.

demonhawk30 · 07-09-2006, 11:42 PM

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Originally Posted by iCollins

Have you ever noticed that Link is left handed? I mean im not saying its weird but i wonder why they did that?

i noticed in diety_link's sig there is a picture of link pulling a bow string back with is left hand!

you know your not the only one thats noticed that iv seen it too!

Taero · 07-10-2006, 03:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Octogon

Aren't most swordsmen left-handed as well?

But it's cool how left-handers can use the wii just as roght-handers would.

Quick answer: No

Longer Answer: I'll put it this way, the relative ratio for right:left handed is I believe 90/10, this then means that any swordsman has a 90% chance of being right handed. There aren't any genes that make you a swordsman and so they couldn't be tied to the gene for left handedness. I'm a swordsman and at my club we have 2 people who are left handed, the rest are right so out of ~15 people 2 are lefties and 13 are righties.

Out of curiosity where did you pull that fact from?

Fierce Deity · 07-10-2006, 06:57 PM

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Originally Posted by demonhawk30

you know your not the only one thats noticed that iv seen it too!

well i dont see you makinga thread and seeing if anybody else has noticed it? hmm?!

Octogon · 07-10-2006, 07:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Taero

Out of curiosity where did you pull that fact from?

I just heard that back in the day many swordsmen used their left-hand as the dominant one.

Napalmbrain · 07-10-2006, 09:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Fierce Deity

yeah thats right i was on wikipedia and i read this:

Shigeru Miyamoto is ambidextrous, preferring his left hand. As a videogame designer, he made some of his characters such as Mario and Link, left-handed or ambidextrous.

I don't remember Mario being left handed, but then again I don't think I've seen him use either.

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Originally Posted by Octogon

I just heard that back in the day many swordsmen used their left-hand as the dominant one.

Left-handed swordsmen would have had the advantage of surprise, but there weren't many of them. In fact very few of them were lefties due to discrimination.